I came across an unusual article today about pareidolia, which is a tendency to perceive images in random patterns. One might see a face on the electrical outlet or in a vague pattern of stucco on a wall. The reports of patterns of Jesus or the Virgin Mary are legion. The article in question specifically addressed face pareidolia. The funny thing was that the vast majority of the faces were identified as male. The researchers could not determine why that was. However, there was also a tendency to see young faces rather than old ones. As far as the emotion of the face, it was more often happy than anything else.
Quick read and most entertaining. Check it out.
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